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Poverty Quotes in Having Our Say

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Quote #10

You can't just take people who don't have anything, don't know what they're doing, pack them in a bunch of buildings, and expect it's going to all work out somehow. (6.29.11)

The book emphasizes a single point again and again—that education is the first step up the economic ladder. You're certainly not helping people by treating them like replaceable gears in a giant machine.